Ecology Summary - Ditrichocorycaeus lubbocki

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Ecology of Ditrichocorycaeus lubbocki

Main Ref.	Benedetti, F., S. Gasparini and S.D. Ayata, 2016
Remarks	Members of family Corycaeidae are small visual predators, active ambush feeders, preying on nanozooplankton, nauplii, and younger stages of copepodites (Ref. 115381). This is a carnivore species (Ref. 129013).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Ditrichocorycaeus lubbocki may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Benedetti, F., S. Gasparini and S.D. Ayata, 2016
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Benedetti, F., S. Gasparini and S.D. Ayata, 2016

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items
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